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As Bloom writes movingly- "One of my concerns throughout Possessed by Memory is with the beloved dead. Most of my good friends in my generation have departed. Their voices are still in my ears. I find that they are woven into what I read. I listen not only for their voices but also for the voice I heard before the world was made. My other concern is religious, in the widest sense. For me poetry and spirituality fuse as a single entity. All my long life I have sought to isolate poetic knowledge. This also involves a knowledge of God and gods. I see imaginative literature as a kind of theurgy in which the divine is summoned, maintained, and augmented."
Industry Reviews
--Esquire
"The great critic revisits the literature that has meant most to him. "
--The New York Times
"Our era's Samuel Johnson...Possessed by Memory really is a kind of valediction... Bloom has loved literature deeply--and that love is, even in the face of death, a life-giving force."
--Commonweal Magazine
"These essays reveal a deeply personal attachment and fresh perspective. An eloquent and erudite rereading of the author's beloved works."
--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"A rich lifetime of readership and scholarship can be found within the covers of this equally rich book."
--Publishers Weekly
ISBN: 9780525562474
ISBN-10: 0525562478
Published: 17th March 2020
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 544
Audience: General Adult
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Country of Publication: GB
Dimensions (cm): 20.3 x 13.3 x 2.8
Weight (kg): 0.4
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